Year End Shipment LTD Predictions

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Nirvana_Nut85 said:

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Nirvana_Nut85 said:
I would have disagreed with the Wii U's shipments had it not underperformed in what I was expecting the baseline to be (60k weekly). I really hope they decide to implement a price drop in November and help stimulate holiday sales.

Don't Nintendo usually announce price cuts a few weeks in advance? I'm sure there will be black friday deals but then retailers already do those to no avail.

Being that it's so close to the holiday season, they could possibly decide to do a week in advance announcement in order to not impact a few weeks of holiday sales. I'm mainly saying this out of hope, rather than reason but we can all dream, can't we? lol.

I agree that it makes sense not to announce a price cut before it happens, but I just don't see Nintendo doing it. Their margins on 3DS atm are low (thanks to price cuts and 2DS) and WiiU is not making a profit, so not sure they want to lose $$$